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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 14,801 | 1,863 | 12.0 | 11.4-12.7 | 12,938 | 88.0 | 87.3-88.6 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 398 | 58 | 15.5 | 11.8-20.2 | 340 | 84.5 | 79.8-88.2 |
Buncombe | 361 | 69 | 19.2 | 15.1-24.1 | 292 | 80.8 | 75.9-84.9 |
Cabarrus | 426 | 56 | 12.1 | 9.0-16.1 | 370 | 87.9 | 83.9-91.0 |
Catawba | 372 | 46 | 12.8 | 9.4-17.3 | 326 | 87.2 | 82.7-90.6 |
Cumberland | 441 | 51 | 11.0 | 8.2-14.5 | 390 | 89.0 | 85.5-91.8 |
Davidson | 375 | 46 | 12.0 | 8.7-16.3 | 329 | 88.0 | 83.7-91.3 |
Durham | 405 | 49 | 12.6 | 9.1-17.3 | 356 | 87.4 | 82.7-90.9 |
Forsyth | 441 | 63 | 13.1 | 10.0-16.9 | 378 | 86.9 | 83.1-90.0 |
Gaston | 372 | 61 | 17.4 | 13.2-22.5 | 311 | 82.6 | 77.5-86.8 |
Guilford | 418 | 44 | 9.5 | 6.8-13.2 | 374 | 90.5 | 86.8-93.2 |
Iredell | 425 | 52 | 11.8 | 8.7-15.7 | 373 | 88.2 | 84.3-91.3 |
Johnston | 469 | 51 | 8.4 | 6.0-11.7 | 418 | 91.6 | 88.3-94.0 |
Mecklenburg | 631 | 90 | 13.3 | 10.7-16.5 | 541 | 86.7 | 83.5-89.3 |
New Hanover | 364 | 47 | 13.4 | 9.8-18.1 | 317 | 86.6 | 81.9-90.2 |
Onslow | 385 | 44 | 10.1 | 7.3-13.8 | 341 | 89.9 | 86.2-92.7 |
Orange | 403 | 45 | 9.2 | 6.7-12.6 | 358 | 90.8 | 87.4-93.3 |
Pitt | 377 | 36 | 9.1 | 6.4-12.9 | 341 | 90.9 | 87.1-93.6 |
Randolph | 343 | 47 | 12.9 | 9.2-17.7 | 296 | 87.1 | 82.3-90.8 |
Robeson | 371 | 37 | 9.9 | 6.9-14.2 | 334 | 90.1 | 85.8-93.1 |
Rowan | 435 | 62 | 15.7 | 12.0-20.3 | 373 | 84.3 | 79.7-88.0 |
Union | 433 | 62 | 13.9 | 10.4-18.2 | 371 | 86.1 | 81.8-89.6 |
Wake | 579 | 57 | 9.4 | 7.0-12.5 | 522 | 90.6 | 87.5-93.0 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 361 | 32 | 9.1 | 6.1-13.3 | 329 | 90.9 | 86.7-93.9 |
Northeast Partnership II | 476 | 62 | 13.0 | 10.0-16.8 | 414 | 87.0 | 83.2-90.0 |
Northeast Partnership I | 393 | 64 | 15.7 | 12.0-20.2 | 329 | 84.3 | 79.8-88.0 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 360 | 43 | 11.2 | 8.0-15.4 | 317 | 88.8 | 84.6-92.0 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 467 | 52 | 9.4 | 6.9-12.6 | 415 | 90.6 | 87.4-93.1 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 411 | 57 | 13.8 | 10.4-18.0 | 354 | 86.2 | 82.0-89.6 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 402 | 40 | 8.6 | 6.2-11.9 | 362 | 91.4 | 88.1-93.8 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 453 | 46 | 8.0 | 5.8-10.9 | 407 | 92.0 | 89.1-94.2 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 528 | 62 | 11.0 | 8.3-14.4 | 466 | 89.0 | 85.6-91.7 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 358 | 54 | 15.2 | 11.5-20.0 | 304 | 84.8 | 80.0-88.5 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 359 | 43 | 13.4 | 8.5-20.4 | 316 | 86.6 | 79.6-91.5 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 422 | 56 | 14.5 | 10.9-19.0 | 366 | 85.5 | 81.0-89.1 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 587 | 79 | 11.8 | 9.1-15.3 | 508 | 88.2 | 84.7-90.9 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 987 | 137 | 13.6 | 11.3-16.3 | 850 | 86.4 | 83.7-88.7 |
No | 13,814 | 1,726 | 11.9 | 11.3-12.6 | 12,088 | 88.1 | 87.4-88.7 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 4,965 | 590 | 11.2 | 10.2-12.3 | 4,375 | 88.8 | 87.7-89.8 |
Piedmont | 8,225 | 1,034 | 11.8 | 10.9-12.7 | 7,191 | 88.2 | 87.3-89.1 |
Western NC | 1,611 | 239 | 14.6 | 12.6-16.9 | 1,372 | 85.4 | 83.1-87.4 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 927 | 144 | 14.1 | 11.6-16.9 | 783 | 85.9 | 83.1-88.4 |
Northwest | 2,859 | 384 | 13.9 | 12.4-15.6 | 2,475 | 86.1 | 84.4-87.6 |
Charlotte | 2,201 | 306 | 13.0 | 11.4-14.8 | 1,895 | 87.0 | 85.2-88.6 |
Greensboro | 1,917 | 239 | 11.5 | 9.9-13.5 | 1,678 | 88.5 | 86.5-90.1 |
Southern Regional | 1,550 | 169 | 10.2 | 8.7-12.1 | 1,381 | 89.8 | 87.9-91.3 |
Coastal | 746 | 97 | 12.5 | 10.0-15.4 | 649 | 87.5 | 84.6-90.0 |
Wake | 2,006 | 214 | 9.5 | 8.0-11.3 | 1,792 | 90.5 | 88.7-92.0 |
Area L | 588 | 84 | 13.8 | 11.0-17.3 | 504 | 86.2 | 82.7-89.0 |
Eastern | 1,874 | 214 | 10.7 | 9.2-12.5 | 1,660 | 89.3 | 87.5-90.8 |
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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson,
Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
****Click here to learn about other NC Area Health Education Centers
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